Bad Card in a Great Set
Okay here's a fun one: what are some great sets, with godawful cards?
The '52 Topps set is a masterpiece of art and design, but oh lord is Cliff Chamber's card ugly. I mean, it doesn't help that the player wasn't very easy on the eyes, but the card makes him look out to be from central casting on "Deliverance."
And the '51 Bowman set has a really bizarre card. Nearly every card in that set is really lovingly rendered from real life, but for some reason (maybe he offended someone at Bowman) poor Paul Richards's card looks like a really bad caricature portrait you'd get at the county fair. And speaking of county fairs, Richards looks like he's getting ready to go bobbing for apples!
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